#2356 · 🐟 fish

Bigbelly Seahorse

Hippocampus abdominalis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Sascha Schulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sarah Milicich · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © D. Torres-Pulliza · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Josie Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0
7. © Sarah Milicich · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Rebecca Lloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The big-belly seahorse or pot-bellied seahorse , Hippocampus abdominalis , is one of the largest seahorse species in the world with a length of up to 35 cm, and is the largest in Australia. Seahorses are members of the family Syngnathidae, and are teleost fishes. They are found in southeast Australia and New Zealand, and are listed on Appendix II of CITES.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,078iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,078 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1827 (199 years ago).